Vengeance (Jonas book)
 First edition (1984) | |
| Author | George Jonas |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Narrative nonfiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 376 |
| ISBN | 0-671-50611-0 |
| OCLC | 10507421 |
| 956/.04 19 | |
| LC Class | DS119.7 .J55 1984 |
Vengeance is a 1984 book by George Jonas describing part of Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre. It was re-released as Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team or Vengeance: Sword of Gideon in some later editions and countries.
The main source of the book is also the main character, Yuval Aviv, known in the book as Avner. A Mossad officer, he is recruited to lead a small team into Europe to assassinate a number of suspected PLO and Black September militants. Each of the book's chapters deals with a separate stage of the mission, including the background to each assassination. It has inspired both a 1986 made for television movie called Sword of Gideon and the 2005 Steven Spielberg film Munich.[1]
References
- ^ Jonas, George (January 7, 2006). "The Spielberg massacre". Maclean's.